Eric Wold, CFA
Director of Equity Research, Head of Global Consumer & Media Group, Merriman Curhan Ford

Eric Wold is the Director of Equity Research for Merriman Curhan Ford. As head of the Consumer/Internet/Media equity research team, he focuses on opportunities within both the Media & Entertainment and Consumer sectors globally – with an emphasis on China outside of the United States.

Wold has been recognized several times by the Forbes/Starmine annual analyst survey and by The Wall Street Journal’s "Best on the Street" survey -- receiving the #1 ranking in 2006 and #2 ranking in 2004.

Wold previously served as director of corporate finance with NightFire Software, a privately held telecommunications software company based in Oakland, California. He also served as vice president and senior research analyst at First Security Van Kasper, where he was responsible for the restaurant and branded consumer sectors.

Wold began his career on the buy-side with research analyst positions with both Polynous Capital Management (a hedge fund that he co-founded in 1996) and GT Global Financial Services. He holds a B.S. from the University of California at Berkeley and is a CFA charterholder. He is based in Merriman Curhan Ford’s New York office.